Philippine Ambassador to South Korea Raul S.
Hernandez agreed to assume the next rotating six-month chairmanship of the
ASEAN Committee in Seoul (ACS) from the outgoing head, Malaysian Ambassador
Dato’ Rohanabinti Ramli, in turnover ceremonies at the latter’s official
residence on June 26.
Despite
arriving only in late May and even before presenting his credentials to
President Park Geun-hye, Ambassador Hernandez indicated his readiness to chair
the ACS starting on the 1st of July, six months ahead the country’s turn in the
alphabetical rotation in order to ensure the continuity of “ASEAN’s strong
representation in Seoul.”
At the
meeting, Malaysia’s last event as chair for the January-June 2014 period,
Ambassador Rohana proposed the creation of a troika for the ACS chairmanship,
reflecting the structure of the leadership succession in ASEAN itself. The
motion was approved by the other seven ambassadors and chargés d’affaires
present.
Myanmar
was scheduled to take up the leadership of the gathering of ASEAN ambassadors
in the latter half of this year, but passed up the opportunity given that its
new ambassador had yet to arrive. It will now take up the chairmanship in early
2015 after the Philippines relinquishes the position at the end of December 2014.
As
chair for the second half (H2) of 2014, the Philippines will be the lead ASEAN
embassy in Seoul to backstop crucial events marking the 25th anniversary of the
ASEAN-Korea dialogue partnership this year, including the ASEAN-Korea
Commemorative Summit to be hosted by President Park in early December 2014.
Like
ASEAN Committees in other cities around the world, the ASEAN Committee in Seoul
gathers all the heads of the ASEAN diplomatic and consular missions resident in
Seoul in order to coordinate their common actions, policies and initiatives
vis-à-vis the host government for greater effect.
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